ACADEMIC | • academic adj. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato. • academic adj. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization. • academic adj. In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than… |
ALCHEMIC | • alchemic adj. Alchemical. • ALCHEMIC adj. relating to alchemy. |
CERAMICS | • ceramics n. Plural of ceramic. • ceramics n. The art or science of making ceramic objects. • ceramics n. Ceramic objects as a group. |
CERVICUM | • CERVICUM n. the flexible region between the prothorax and head in insects. |
CHEMICAL | • chemical adj. Of or relating to chemistry. • chemical adj. Of or relating to a material or processes not commonly found in nature or in a particular product. • chemical adj. (Obsolete) Of or relating to alchemy. |
CHIMERIC | • chimeric adj. Like a chimera. • chimeric adj. Imaginary, fanciful. • chimeric adj. (Genetics) Pertaining to a genetic chimera. |
COELOMIC | • coelomic adj. Of, or relating to a coelom. • cœlomic adj. Archaic spelling of coelomic. • COELOMIC adj. relating to a coelom, also CELOMIC. |
COMPLICE | • complice n. (Obsolete) An accomplice; a supporter. • COMPLICE n. (obsolete) an accomplice. |
COPREMIC | • copremic adj. Relating to, or suffering from, copremia. • COPREMIC adj. relating to copremia, a form of blood poisoning caused by chronic constipation, also COPRAEMIC. |
COSMETIC | • cosmetic adj. Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion. • cosmetic adj. External or superficial; pertaining only to the surface or appearance of something. • cosmetic n. Any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow… |
ECONOMIC | • economic adj. Pertaining to an economy. • economic adj. Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value); economical. • economic adj. Pertaining to the study of money and its movement. |
ECUMENIC | • ecumenic adj. Ecumenical. • ECUMENIC adj. general; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church, also ECUMENICAL, OECUMENIC, OECUMENICAL. |
GLYCEMIC | • glycemic adj. (American spelling) Of, pertaining to or suffering from glycemia. • GLYCEMIC adj. having glucose in the blood, also GLYCAEMIC. |
ISCHEMIC | • ischemic adj. (Pathology) Characteristic of, or accompanied by, ischemia — localised anaemia due to mechanical obstruction… • ISCHEMIC adj. relating to ischemia, an inadequate supply of blood to part of the body, also ISCHAEMIC. |
LEUCEMIC | • leucemic adj. Alternative form of leukaemic. • LEUCEMIC adj. of or like leucemia, a type of cancer, also LEUKEMIC. |
MECHANIC | • mechanic adj. (Archaic) mechanical; relating to the laws of motion in the art of constructing things. • mechanic adj. (Obsolete) Of or relating to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar; base. • mechanic n. (Now chiefly historical) A manual worker; a labourer or artisan. |
MERCURIC | • mercuric adj. (Obsolete, chemistry) Pertaining to or derived from mercury. • mercuric adj. (Chemistry) Specifically (of a compound), containing mercury with an oxidation number of 2. • mercuric adj. (Rare) Mercurial (of people). |
OCCAMIES | • OCCAMY n. an alloy imitating gold or silver. |
ONCOMICE | • oncomice n. Plural of oncomouse. • ONCOMOUSE n. (US) a mouse bred for cancer treatment research. |
SACHEMIC | • sachemic adj. Of or relating to a sachem. • SACHEMIC adj. relating to a sachem, an Indian chief. |